„Wie geht Landwirtschaft ohne Phosphat-Dünger?“ – Start des Pilot-Projekts „Plants fit for Future“ am Karlsruher Institut für Technologie. - Campus-Report am 25.01.2022

Modern agriculture is like a high-performance engine. In order for it to be able to generate its high yields, it needs a high-performance fuel. Two hundred thousand tons of phosphate fertilizer are used in Germany for agriculture every year. The problem: we are 100% dependent on imports and deposits are running out everywhere. Agriculture must prepare for a period without mineral fertilizers. Fortunately, most of our food plants have evolved ways to make better use of the phosphorus already in the soil. The "Plants fit for Future" project at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology wants to make plants fit for a future in which phosphate fertilizers are scarce and pesticides will be largely banned from our fields.